Sustainability Spotlight
QBS’ Dave Stevinson on achieving carbon neutral
Back in the July/August issue of PCR we spoke to QBS Software’s CEO, Dave Stevinson about his professional views towards sustainability and corporate social responsibility and his vision towards achieving a carbon neutral status. In the previous interview Stevinson pointed out: “From the very conception of the business, sustainability and purpose were added to the QBS strategic agenda,” so clearly this is an initiative that Stevinson was always determined and committed to achieving. We recently caught up with Stevinson for an update six months on. Here is what he told us.
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n June 2021 QBS Technology Group was externally verified as “net carbon neutral.” QBS Soſtware is 100% owned by QBS Technology Group, which
includes the 8 other QBS entities across Europe; Stevinson explains that the carbon neutrality includes each company as well as the overall group. He points out that this was an extensive project to do more than become carbon neutral but be climate positive. “Climate Change needs no introduction”, says Stevinson. “Government,
business, and society all need to act, and future generations, (our own children and grandchildren), will ask what we did about it.” “Tis is why QBS is taking decisive action to be ahead of the curve and
to see how we can be part of the solution, rather than the problem”, he says. “Rather than paying lip service to the climate emergency. QBS has been
one of the pioneers in moving to externally verified net carbon neutrality as a core part of our sustainability narrative.” “Regulation is coming, that means companies in the EU will have to
start disclosing sustainability metrics, similarly to financial reporting. Te taxonomy is expected to be used as a tool to cut down on ‘greenwashing’, ” he adds.
What does carbon neutral mean to QBS? By the Summer of 2021 we were independently verified as “net carbon neutral” for our own European operations and also our Partner, Publisher and Employee ecosystem, and have signed the pledge to be net carbon neutral. Tis means that we have accurately accounted for all of the climate impacts within our own operations and those of our supply chain.
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